What should be done if the computer starts to work slowly? First you need to find out the reason why he began to "slow down", and only then try to eliminate it. Most importantly, do not forget what configuration your computer. If he is from the last century, then for him slow work is a normal mode.
If the computer is slow, but at the same time it is quite productive and this has not been observed before, then something has happened, and you need to find out what exactly. First, install the Everest program on your computer (the program was first called AIDA, then Everest, and now new versions are again released under the AIDA logo). This utility provides complete information about your computer. What details are installed, what programs, which drivers, and more. But we need other information.
Determination of temperature of devices.
Open the program. Click on the item "Computer", and then click on "Sensors". You will see a window of sensors of various devices. Find there the temperature indicator of the processor, video card and hard drive. It is also advisable to pay attention to the number of revolutions of the cooler, which is installed on the processor.
CPU temperature
If the computer is slow and the temperature is very high, then this is the reason. If you are not currently using anything that is heavily consuming system resources, then processor heating should not be higher than 30-40 degrees Celsius. If a game or some movie of excellent Full HD quality is running, then the temperature will be 40-50 degrees. Heavily loads and heats up the processor converting video, photo and audio files. At such continuous moments, the temperature will be about 50-60 degrees.
But if you have a temperature of more than 50 degrees in simple mode, then this is bad. Also pay attention to the number of revolutions of the cooler, perhaps it almost does not spin. In this case, it is necessary to open the system unit, remove and purge the cooler, as well as the radiator installed on the processor. Then carefully remove the remnants of the old thermal paste from the surface of the processor, then apply a new one. Next, put back the radiator and cooler. The temperature should drop significantly.
Hard drive overheating.
If the computer still works slowly, then pay attention to the temperature of the hard drive. If it is also increased on the hard drive, then this is also bad, because if it is hot, then it works more slowly, as a result of which the operating system worsens. Perhaps the cooler installed on the hard drive is spinning poorly or too weak and can not cope with its task. Buy a new one or grease an old one. You can do the original thing - install another cooler near the hard drive (on the side or elsewhere, it depends on the structure of the system unit).
The temperature of the video card.
We do the above with a video card.
Search for problems at the software level.
If the computer is still running slowly, then there is another reason. Open Everest or the task manager (you need to press the keyboard shortcut ctrl + alt + delete on the keyboard ). There you can see the loading of RAM and processor. If the indicators are maximum, then the reason for this.
We look in the task manager which programs are running. Perhaps you have a multifaceted system that you don’t even know about, or viruses. Find which process consumes a lot of CPU or RAM and terminate it.
Then we press the key combination “Windows” + R. The “Windows” key is between Alt and Ctrl. In the window that appears, type msconfig and run. In the application that opens, we find the “Startup” tab and disable the programs you don’t need.
Evaluation of the result.
After you have successfully disconnected all unnecessary, restart the computer. Now everything should work much faster. But if the computer is slowly working again, then try reinstalling your Windows, because it has the ability to freeze and crash. That is why periodically operating systems have to be reinstalled.